▪ I. smur, n. dial. and Sc.
(smɜː(r))
Also smurr, smir(r.
[Of obscure origin.]
1. Fine rain; drizzle.
| 1808 Jamieson, Smurr, a drizzling rain. Ayrs. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words, Smur, small rain. 1878 Good Words 245 Sunday morning, which was grey with mist and ‘smur’. |
2. A drizzle of rain, etc.
| 1830 Galt Lawrie T. vii. iii. (1849) 315 During the afternoon a smur of rain came on. 1872 Young Lochlomond (E.D.D.), A cannie smir O' a refreshing simmer shower. 1873 G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere xix. 176 The morning broke with a little wind and a slight smurr of rain. |
▪ II. smur, v. dial. and Sc.
(smɜː(r))
Also smurr, smir(r.
[Cf. prec.]
intr. To drizzle.
| 1825 Jamieson Suppl., It's Smurrin, it rains slightly. 1838 Holloway Prov. Dict., To smur, to rain lightly and mistily. 1881 Fitzgerald Lett. I. 472 It has been what we call down here ‘smurring’ rather than raining. 1898 N. Munro J. Splendid 290 Whenever rains are smirring and mists are blowing. |